In the introduction of More Than Money, author Neil Cavuto notes that greatness is defined not by how we handle all that goes well for us, but how we deal with all that does not. He continues, as he writes about people who have overcome great difficulties in their lives, that what’s vital isn’t the […]
The Wild Web Roundup
October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Good Monday to everyone! Welcome again to my occasional feature, the Wild Web Roundup, in which I share interesting tidbits from with internet. We come out of the gate today with more changes from Facebook: Ahh, Facebook. I barely knew ye, yet you have changed again. What do we need to know, and what will […]
Toasted marshmallows and a life lesson
August 31, 2011 By 5 Comments
If you thought an event slipped by us yesterday, you are right: National Toasted Marshmallow Day rolled right past without so much as a wave of a wooden skewer. In honor of this missed momentous occasion, I thought I would share a story from our past of a dark summer’s night and the […]
How does your garden grow?
April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
Spring daffodil shoots © K. Hall Have you looked longingly and perhaps with a bit of jealousy at someone else’s garden? I’m not talking about the green shoots and brown dirt kind here. I’m referring to the life they are tending each day for themselves and their families Are you envious of the joy they […]
Why did the turkey cross the road?
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This road is blissfully frost-heave and turkey free When we drove to church this week, we took what is usually the quickest route, which takes us this time of year along a curvy, wood-lined, frost-heave riddled road. Since it is getting towards spring, the turkeys are out in force, especially in this area. If you […]
Where are you and where are you supposed to be?
March 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Vancouver sailboat © K. Hall Although I am a very optimistic, mostly upbeat person, I must admit I haven’t ever been really intentional about setting larger life-sized goals. If I were a boat, my name would likely be the Aimless Wanderer, or maybe the Endless Drifer. You know that old saying about how if you […]
Looking in the Rear View Mirror
September 24, 2009 By 2 Comments
When you took Driver’s Education in high school, you were taught to be aware of all your surroundings so that you would be safe behind the wheel. As you looked ahead, you scanned the traffic and the roadsides. You glanced regularly at your rear view mirror, where you kept an eye on the vehicles and […]
